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By: Nicholas Scott The Nobel Peace Prize is a prestigious award given to a person or people who have achieved something great in peace. This prize started being awarded in the year of 1901 (About the Nobel Prizes). “The Norwegian Nobel Committee is responsible for the selection of eligible candidates and the choice of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates. The Committee is composed of five members appointed by the Storting. This is the process of selecting winners: September: Invitation letters are sent out. The Nobel Committee sends out invitation letters to individuals qualified to nominate**.** February: Deadline for submission. The Committee bases its assessment on nominations that must be postmarked no later than 1 February each year. Nominations postmarked and received after this date are included in the following year's discussions. February through March: Short list. The Committee assesses the candidates' work and prepares a short list. March through August: Adviser review. The short list is reviewed by permanent advisers and advisers specially recruited for their knowledge of specific candidates. October: Nobel Laureates are chosen. At the beginning of October, the Nobel Committee chooses the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates through a majority vote. December: Nobel Laureates receive their prize. The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony takes place on 10 December in Oslo, Norway, where the Nobel Laureates receive their Nobel Prize, which consists of a Nobel Medal and Diploma, and a document confirming the prize amount” ~ (Nomination and Selection of Peace Prize Laureates). I chose to research Nelson Mandela as my Nobel Peace Prize winner. He was born in Transkei, South Africa. What Nelson did was stop the apartheid in South Africa. The apartheid was racial segregation (discriminating against blacks). Nelson had gone to jail a few times all during his fights for black freedom. This paragraph caught me:“During his years in prison, Nelson Mandela's reputation grew steadily. He was widely accepted as the most significant black leader in South Africa and became a potent symbol of resistance as the anti-apartheid movement gathered strength. He consistently refused to compromise his political position to obtain his freedom” ~ Nelson Mandela – Biography.This shows that even while behind bars, he had the power to move people. By freeing his people, he showed that he could overcome the whites and let blacks live a normal life (Nelson Mandela – Biography). I think that Nelson Mandela was a great man. One reason being he has a really cool name, it just flows. Think about his name... Nelson Mandela. Cool name. Nelson won the peace prize in the year 1993 (Nobel Peace Prize Winners – the Full List). Nelson unfortunately had to share the award with someone else (Nobel Peace Prize 1993). It was a white man which I find ironic since he won the prize for raising black men out of white men’s chains. Nelson is such a powerful name… but anyway. I think that Nelson should be an inspiration to people because he was so brave. This was a man that stood up for his people when nobody else had the guts to. He did not just say things occasionally; he took it to the extremes of going to jail multiple times. This man basically gave his life for other people. I think that it is actually quite a shame that he gave his life to free African-Americans and you could talk to them and they would not even know who Nelson Mandela is. Nelson Mandela’s field in the Nobel Peace Prize was negotiation and human rights. He is still alive, fortunately. Works Cited "About the Nobel Prizes." //Nobelprize.org//. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. . "Nelson Mandela - Biography." //Nobelprize.org//. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. . "The Nobel Peace Prize 1993." //Nobelprize.org//. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. . "Nobel Peace Prize Winners - the Full List." //Guardian.co.uk//. Guardian News and Media Limited, 07 Oct. 2011. Web. 09 Feb. 2012. . "Nomination and Selection of Peace Prize Laureates." //Nobelprize.org//. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. .